Identification device



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IDENTIFICATION DEVICE Filed Oct. 20, 1950 7 20- 1 v #QEMQEIBJE].

ATTORNEY,

' UNITED sures Patented Mar. 29, 1932 HAROLD enown, or KANSAS airy, ma ls];

IDnNTIrIcA'rIon nnvrcn Application filed October 20, 1930. Serial No. 489,958. r e

My invention relates to identification de-' vices and while it is not my intention to lim t it to any specific purpose, it is especially use ful for identifying infants in a hospital or nursery.

Objects of the invention are to provide a simple device which is durable and may be manufactured at low cost, which may be readily applied to the infant and is free from discomfort, and one in which the identification insignia cannot, without detection, be removed from the infant.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective v1ew of the devlce. Fig. 2 is an elevational vlew of the device with the upper portion thereof in section.

Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of a locking and label holdingmember forming an important feature of the invention.

' Fig. 4 is a broken detail of an attachingband.

Fig. 5 is a detail of a detent used in securing the device in locked position.

ig. 6 is a detail of a one-piece label bearin the identifying data.

ig. 7 shows a sectional form of label in which each character of the identifying data is laced on a separate section.

ig. 8 is a plan view of a modified form of the device with the identifying data engraved or thereon. t

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of locking and label holding memher. I Y r In carrying out the invention I employ an attachingband 2 made of suitable "material such for instance as spring metal. Saidband is provided at one end with a hole 4 and at its opposite end with a plurality of spaced holes 6, which latter coact with a member 8 in securing the device in position upon the wrist orother portion of an infant.

otherwise permanently formed Themember ,8 consists ofa sleeve, i j in;the form disclosedby- Figs. l to 3, inclusive, is providedatits upper portion ,with a compartment loan d at. its lower portion with a longitudinal slot 12. The c'ompart mentjl Ois adapted to hold a suitable labelll I; V a

bearing the identifying data and said label isada'pted to be slid into the compartment'lO 7 through anentrancelfi at one endof saidcompartment.

a g F 5 j :The upper wall of the compartment 10 has a window 18 formed'therein through which V 2 the identifying data 20 on the label ltmay be read. The lower wall ofthemember 8 has an extension 22 atone end upon which is se- I cured a resilient detent 24 having a pointed free end 26 adapted to enter any of the holes 6 inqthe attachingband 2vwhich latter is secured at itsopposite end 'inthe slot 1 2a's will I hereinafter appear, In addition to "supporting the detent 24 the extension 22 constitutes a guide forthe freeend of the band2 while being insertedin the slot .12. r I In practice the end of the band 2 containing the holed. is placed in position'inone end of the slot 12 and the label ll with theidehtifying data thereon isplaced in the compartment10. The parts are then securedin assembled position by means ofa screw 28 which is passed through the holet and registering" holes 3O andv 32 in the member Sand I the label M, respectively. The device isthenplaced in position upon thew'rist orother part of the infant and the end of the band 2,,con taining the holesfi, is pushedjinto the slot 12 until the band 2 fits thewrist snuglyenough gsaidscrew may be sealed in place'in any suitable manner such as'by soldering before thedeviceis placed upon the'wrist. I

V In order to avoid the expense of having I each name printed orotherwise formed on a.

f one-piece label as shown on Fig. 6, labels may I be formedfrom individual sections 14a which contain allof the letters of the alphabet, s thata-nyname can be quickly provided by se- :lectin'g thesections with the" proper letters 200! formed thereon as shown by Fig. 7. When used with the form of sleeve shown by r Fig. 9, theend section 14a placed in the right end of the sleeve Sb may be secured in posiband to the sleeve and preventing removal of the adjacent end section of the label. 7

4. An identification device consisting of a sleeve bearing identification data and having i an extension at one end, a spring detent secured to said extension and projecting, into said sleeve, and a band attached at one end to the sleeve and adapted to have its other end guided into the sleeve by saidextension for V engagement with said detent. I I In testimony whereof I aflix my'si nature."

\ tion by the screw 28 andtheend section-"14a,

- at the left bei secured bythe detent24b. and

' 1, thus hold the remaining sections lain placc. I

Where a more expensive device is desired the identifying data 206. ma be engraved directly on top of the-member 8a as shown'by Fig: 8, andwhen a more'simple-and inex v pensive device is desired it may be provided shown several forms thereof I reserve all rights to" such other forms as properly fall in the form shown by Fig. 9, in which the upg 7 per compartment 10is omitted from the mem From the foregoing description it"is apr v parent that I have provided devicesof the character described which are well adapted "for thepurpose intended, and while I have within the spirit and scope of the invention i V- as claimed- I i r K 'Having'thus described my invention,what

'I claims-and desire to ent, 1s-:

secure by Letters'Pat- 1. An identification device consisting of a I means' adapted topass throughthe hole in one end of said band andsecure the'latter to 1 one end of said member, and a detent on said 'm'ember adaptedto enter any one'of the plural-ity' ofv holes in the otherf'end ofthe band i, a

'aJndsecu'resaid other end to the member.

to the sleeve.

data visible through said'window, an attach:-

.ingiband, an element iorsecuringone end of i said band to 'the sleevesandthe-label, and means forsecuringtheother end ofsaid band i 3. An identification device consisting 'ofa member bearing means ofidentification', an r V attaching bandha-ving a holein one end and a plurality of holes inits opposite end, screw 2. An identification device consisting of a- 'sleeve having'a compartmentin its upper portion provided with awindow, a label located I i in said compartment and bearing identifying ,HAROLDBR; WN. g 7 

